Need another word that means the same as “juvenile”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “juvenile” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Juvenile” are: adolescent, jejune, puerile, young, teenage, teenaged, junior, underage, pubescent, prepubescent, childish, immature, infantile, babyish, juvenile person, young person, youngster, child, teenager, minor
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “juvenile” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| adolescent | An adolescent boy or girl. The books are aimed at children and adolescents. |
| child | An immature childish person. He remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived. |
| junior | A child attending a junior school. The curriculum of top juniors. |
| juvenile person | A young person, not fully developed. |
| minor | A minor key interval or scale. Salinas was one of six teams in the minors. |
| teenager | A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. |
| young person | United States film and television actress (1913-2000. |
| youngster | A child, young person, or young animal. Tiddler is a British term for youngster. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “juvenile” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| adolescent | Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent. Adolescent insecurity. |
| babyish | Typical of or suitable for a baby; childish. He pursed his mouth into a babyish pout. |
| childish | Of, like, or appropriate to a child. It was childish of her to rip up the picture. |
| immature | In an early period of life or development or growth. Many of the fish caught are immature. |
| infantile | Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant. Infantile behavior. |
| jejune | Lacking in nutritive value. Jejune responses to our problems. |
| junior | Denoting the younger of two who have the same name in a family, especially a son as distinct from his father. Part of my function is to supervise those junior to me. |
| prepubescent | At the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth. A prepubescent girl. |
| pubescent | Covered with short soft hair; downy. The budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy. |
| puerile | Of or characteristic of a child. A puerile argument. |
| teenage | Relating to or characteristic of teenagers. A teenage girl. |
| teenaged | Being of the age 13 through 19. Crowds of screaming teenaged girls. |
| underage | (of a person) too young to engage legally in a particular activity, especially drinking alcohol or having sex. Underage drinking. |
| young | Used to denote the younger of two people of the same name. Young love. |
| adolescence | The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult. Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in Europe. |
| adolescent | An adolescent boy or girl. The books are aimed at children and adolescents. |
| adult | Of or for adult people. Adult movies. |
| boy | A male human offspring. The school provides education for both boys and girls. |
| boyish | Of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man. Schoolboyish pranks. |
| childhood | The state of a child between infancy and adolescence. A childhood friend. |
| cub | Hunt fox cubs. Both share the same earth during the first ten days after cubbing. |
| delinquency | An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor. He relayed this in such a manner as to imply grave delinquency on the host s part. |
| girl | A person s girlfriend. He was devoted to his little girl. |
| immature | Not yet mature. Immature behavior. |
| infancy | The early stage of growth or development. A son who died in infancy. |
| infantile | Of or relating to infants or infancy. Infantile games. |
| junior | A child attending a junior school. Part of my function is to supervise those junior to me. |
| kid | Used as an informal form of address. White kid gloves. |
| lad | A young man who is boisterously macho. Tony was a bit of a lad always had an eye for the women. |
| maidenhood | The fact or condition of being a young, unmarried woman. Most brides wear white to symbolize maidenhood. |
| maturation | The ripening of fruit. Pod maturation. |
| offspring | A person’s child or children. She was the mother of many offspring. |
| precocious | (of behaviour or ability) having developed at an earlier age than is usual or expected. A precocious talent for computing. |
| progeny | A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring. Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny. |
| puberty | The period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction. A particularly traumatic puberty. |
| schoolgirl | Characteristic of or associated with schoolgirls. Schoolgirl French. |
| son | The divine word of God the second person in the Trinity incarnate in Jesus. Their son became a famous judge. |
| stripling | A young man. He s a mere stripling. |
| teen | A teenager. They were both in their late teens. |
| teenage | Relating to or characteristic of teenagers. A teenage girl. |
| teenager | A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. |
| young | Having the qualities associated with young people such as enthusiasm and optimism. The day is still young. |
| youngster | A young person of either sex. Tiddler is a British term for youngster. |
| youth | Young people considered as a group. This publishing sector is no longer in its youth. |
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